K. Matsumoto et al., UNUSUAL FORMATION AND X-RAY CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE OF STABLE ANTI-BREDT COMPOUNDS BY REACTION OF 3A,6A-DIAZAPENTALENES WITH DIMETHYL ACETYLENEDICARBOXYLATE, Journal of the Chemical Society. Perkin transactions. I, (19), 1996, pp. 2333-2335
The reaction of 1-aroyl-2-aryl-3a,6a-diazapentalenes with dimethyl ace
tylenedicarboxylate affords, in an unusual fashion, stable anti-Bredt
compounds possessing a 4,10-diazabicyclo[5.2.1]deca-1,3,5,8-tetraene s
keleton, the structure of which is confirmed by X-ray crystal structur
e analysis as well as by H-1 and C-13 NMR spectroscopy.